Upcoming Events COSC 6377

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Upcoming Events COSC 6377

• Project2-Report (4-7 single-space pages) ---
  Report is due Fr., Dec. 3, 11p bring program
  listing to Demo on December 7.
• 1. Description architecture of your system and
  techniques employed evolution of the system
• 2. Run your System for Benchmark1(available on
  Friday) and report and analyze the results
• 3. Brief Evaluation of the System (1-3
  paragraphs)
• Appendix Results of Running your System for
  Benchmark1 (e.g. printout current rule-set after
  seeing 300, 600, 900, and 1200 examples.
• System Demo (takes place on Tu., Dec. 7 schedule
  will be on the web soon) Program will be run for
  first and second benchmark during the demo.
• Project1 Webpage/Post Analysis Meeting Tu., Dec.
  7, noon-1p
• Idea is to generate a webpage with the project
  results before Dec. 19.
• Students that participate in generating the
  webpage will be mentioned in the webpage, and can
  use it for advertising purposes.
• Quiz2 will be given out on Tuesday, Nov. 30 and
  is due one week later at 4p bring your solution
  and give it to me during when you are demoing
  your program.

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Schedule Demos and Other EventsCOSC 6367 on
Tuesday, Dec. 7

• 825a Chaodong Xu
• 845a Puging Jia
• 910a Charoenchai Su.
• 935a Zhengdong Zhang
• noon-1p Class (everybody attends!)
• 120p Vibeesh Bose
• 140p Hang Heidi Cheng
• 200p Yi Dong
• 220p Yev. Kanyashin
• 240p TongYao Liu
• 305p Waree Ri.
• 325p Jin Wang
• Fr., Dec. 10, 120p Jun Lu

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Subfields of Artificial Life

• Self Replicating Systems (Cellular Automata,
  Computer Viruses)
• Emergent Behavior (how can simple interacting
  units create complex behaviors)
• Simulation of Biological Systems
• How do flocks of birds fly, schools of fish
  swimm?
• Simulation of ecological systems
• Simulation of RNA-folding
• Evolutionary Computing
• Robots and other Machine Life Forms (e.g. Carl
  Sims Virtual Creatures)

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Quiz2-Substitute (Draft)

• I expect you to spend 3-6 hours on this problem.
• Choose an 3 Artificial Life web sites (some that
  have demos should be preferred) of your own
  liking. Evaluate the three web sites and select
  the web site you like the most. Do not select
  Survey Websites!
• Write a brief one paragraph summary for each of
  the two web sites that you did not select.
• Then write a 1.5-2 page report (single spaced)
  concerning the web-site that you liked the most
  that addresses the following topics what
  sub-field of Artificial Life is addressed by the
  web site, summarize presented technology, what
  can the techniques/tools that were presented in
  the web site be used for? What can students learn
  from looking at the web site? How do you rate the
  technical quality of the presented technology? Do
  you think the work presented in the web site is
  useful and should be funded by government money?
  Why did you prefer this web site over the other 2
  web sites?